Strategic Ops Project Lead

The Pennsylvania State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 66,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering in University Park is seeking a Project Manager, Strategic Operations to lead initiatives that enhance operational effectiveness across the college and align with its strategic goals.

You will partner with college leadership, departments, and research units, manage projects through full lifecycle, drive process improvements, and leverage data analytics and AI-enabled tools to deliver actionable recommendations and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 1+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Required Certifications: None.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and execute projects that improve operations, processes, and organizational performance.
• Partner with College leadership, academic departments, research centers, institutes, and administrative units to identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness and service delivery.
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions, process reviews, workshops, and planning sessions to gather requirements, evaluate current-state operations, and develop future-state solutions.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, risk assessments, communication plans, status reports, and project documentation.
• Analyze business processes, workflows, financial data, transactional activity, staffing models, and operational practices to identify opportunities for improvement and organizational efficiencies.
• Lead process redesign, operational improvement, and organizational change initiatives that support the College's strategic priorities.
• Monitor project performance, manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests, and recommend corrective actions when needed.
• Prepare presentations, reports, dashboards, and executive briefings that communicate project status, findings, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Support decision‑making by translating complex analyses into actionable recommendations for College leadership.
• Leverage data, emerging technologies, and AI-enabled tools to improve analysis, project execution, stakeholder engagement, and operational outcomes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management practices, tools, templates, and methodologies across the College.

Skills

Project leadership

PM methodologies

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering in University Park is seeking a Project Manager, Strategic Operations to lead initiatives that enhance operational effectiveness across the college and align with its strategic goals.

You will partner with college leadership, departments, and research units, manage projects through full lifecycle, drive process improvements, and leverage data analytics and AI-enabled tools to deliver actionable recommendations and measurable outcomes.